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Sony WA1 Wireless Boombox

By: Travis Booysen on June 29, 2007 2:47 AM

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Looking for a way to listen to your entire music collection anywhere around the house? The Sony VAIO WA1 wireless boombox certainly provides a convenient way to do it by streaming ATRAC, MP3, WMA, and AAC music formats over an existing wireless home network from any PC.

The WA1 uses SonicStage, iTunes, and Windows Media Player, but on-unit controls, a remote control, and an LCD displaying five lines of text makes selecting and viewing music simple. Analogue and digital audio-out ports connect your computer’s music to your home stereo, but music isn’t limited to your computer’s library, as the option of listening to internet radio is also given. Music can be played independently of a computer with 128MB of internal memory and a line-in stereo input to connect to a portable device.

Considering that Sony’s wireless boombox is mostly for use around the house, the four-hour battery life shouldn’t be too limiting. The $350 price tag includes a six-band graphic equalizer, headphone jack, and alarm clock.

[Product Page via Akihabara News]

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Comments

Brett on July 26, 2007 9:10 PM

I did a little research on this unit. I could be wrong but ... you will need a Sony Laptop or Desktop PC to run the config on this stereo. I know it says differently on this ad but I suggest before buying you do further research.

mark on July 3, 2008 7:02 AM

I bought one of these in Hong and have taken it back home to Sydney. On trying to run the setup, i just found out the installation requires me to have japanese installed in Windows!!

Anyone know where I can get an english version of the installation software?

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